Research and analysis

Undergraduate degrees: lifetime labour market returns

Analysis of the estimated lifetime earnings return to undergraduate degrees by subject and institution type.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 29 February 2020

Documents

The impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings: research report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-096-6, DFE-RR974

PDF, 1010 KB, 88 pages

The impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings: online appendix

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-098-0, DFE-RR974

PDF, 726 KB, 41 pages

The impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings: data tables

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 62.7 KB

Details

This research uses the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset to compare the life cycle earnings of similar people that do and do not attend higher education. The research also estimates the return to the exchequer of financing undergraduate degrees.

This is the third report in a series of research publications. The 2 previous reports covered absolute labour market returns and relative labour market returns.

For additional underlying data, contact the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Published 29 February 2020